GEOG 3130

With their high population size, density, and diversity, cities are living laboratories of social interaction, conflict, negotiation, and cooperation. In this course students will study the social geography of cities, exploring the connections between urban spaces and various facets of social identity. They will examine how and why particular phenomena become defined as urban problems and evaluate proposed solutions to them. In doing so, students will engage with a range of perspectives on contemporary urban issues such as accessibility and mobility, housing affordability, gentrification, residential segregation, crime, and terrorism. They will conduct research that addresses the social geography of metropolitan Vancouver.